
Did Israel know over 80 percent of those it killed in Gaza were civilians?
Al Jazeera
A leaked military report suggests only 17 percent of those killed in Gaza were fighters.
Israel has been bombing Gaza for nearly two years, killing more than 62,000 people, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza says, but the real number is likely much higher.
Israel claims it is targeting fighters from Hamas, not civilians, but a leaked military report reveals a different story.
The report says 83 percent of the Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza were civilians.
How many people has Israel killed? And what did Israel say about killing them? Why is this latest report so important? Here’s what we know:
The report was based on an internal Israeli intelligence database that records the deaths of fighters from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).













